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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1908
Page
29
A dense array of recruiting notices and job ads from a midcentury newspaper page. Listings seek chambermaids, cooks, waitresses, janitors, gardeners, and general housework staff, with explicit color and gender notes, wage hints, and private-family placements. Includes male positions such as clerks, drivers, and mechanics, plus female roles in offices, nursing, and companionship.
A dense page of classified notices seeks housekeepers, maids, cooks, laundresses, nannies, and caregivers in Washington addresses from NW to NE. Many ads specify race and age, with references to colored and white workers, private families, hotels, and boarding houses. Additional items include employment exchanges, stenography and clerical postings, and requests for personal companions, tutors, and sewing or laundering help.
A dense classified-like listing of furnished rooms for rent across Northwest DC with multiple addresses. Descriptions include front rooms, large bright rooms, rooms with heat and bath access, board options, private family homes, and proximity to Capitol and Union Station. Rates range from about $4 to $12 per month or week, with various amenities such as running water, telephones, and meals available.
A sprawling OCR list advertises many rooms with board in central Washington DC, including near the White House and Capitol. Offers include private homes and furnished front rooms for single or two tenants, rates from about $1 per day to $3 per week, with or without meals, and nearby transit references. Many entries specify first floor or second floor rooms, with heat and bath details, and occasional mentions of families or gentlemen rooming arrangements.
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